Is Boston's Building Boom A Bust For City's Middle Class?

Boston is in the midst of a building boom, with thousands of new luxury units slated for construction over the next three years. But is the boom in high-end developments a bust for the city’s middle class? Mayor Marty Walsh says he is committed to balancing the ambitions of developers with the needs of struggling communities, a task that now falls on new BRA chief John Barros. He recently took WGBH News reporter Phillip Martin on a tour to explain how.

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Richard Taylor is a developer and the director of Suffolk University's Center for Real Estate.

Edward Glaeser is an economics professor at Harvard who studies the growth of cities.